Thirty young people, drawn from six districts in the northern parts of the country, have been trained in poultry production to empower them with self-employable skills to earn decent incomes. The beneficiaries, who underwent the six week-long training as first session of six months training, were drawn from Bongo, Bawku West, Chereponi, Gushegu, Tatali-Sangule and […]
Day: October 22, 2024
Social Welfare Directors, Information Officers attend training on LEAP implementation
Directors of Department of Social Welfare, and District Information Officers have attended a training on the implementation of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme. The two-day trainer of trainers’ workshop, held in Tamale, was to equip participants with information on the programme to facilitate sharing of programme information with LEAP beneficiaries, community members amongst […]
Creating employment opportunities for the youth key to govt – Kwofie
The government is determined to go extra mile to support the youth with the requisite knowledge and skills needed to start and operate their own businesses. Mr Festis Awuah Kwofie, Deputy Minister for Employment and Labour Relations said this was the only way to make the youth create wealth for themselves and make their lives […]
A 14-year-old Girl struck by sudden illness calls for help
Ms. Hannah Odeibea, a 14-year-old in the Akuapim South Municipality of the Eastern Region, is calling for help to identify and diagnose her present medical condition and treatment. Ms Odeibea, who is a form three student of the Aburi Amanfo M/A Junior High School (JHS) has been referred to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in […]
WFP, KOICA sign agreement to promote food and nutrition security
The World Food Programme (WFP) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) have signed an agreement to enhance food and nutrition security through youth empowerment and digitalisation. The agreement was in furtherance of a project dubbed ‘Support Youth Economic Empowerment through Digitalization for Resilience in Food and Nutrition Security and Improved Livelihoods.’ Under the initiative, […]